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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$23,807 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,664 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, general education was ranked 10th in Massachusetts. In fact, 1,032 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Education

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts the best value school in Massachusetts for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of North Adams, MCLA is a public school with a small student population.

MCLA graduate students pay an average of $7,347 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Salem State are $8,857 a year.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tufts are $55,216 a year.

Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#4

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bay Path University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Longmeadow, Bay Path is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bay Path are $19,235 a year.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 348
Rhode Island 34
New Hampshire 231
Maine 69
Vermont 96

General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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